Railway-rail joint.



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RAILWAY-RA1L JOINT.

AAJPLICIATION FILED SEPT. 29, 1902.

N0 MGDEL.

JIL' Patented June 23, 1903.

OFFICE.

OIIARLES fe.--LPOLL` EY`s,Y OFr MONCTON, CANADA.

RjAi I WAY.- RAI L J O l NT.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLettersPatent-No..731 ,706,datedJf une 23,1903.

Application filed `Sepseinber 29, 1902. Serial No. 125;220. '(No model.)- l

i To lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES G. PoLLEYs,

" a `citizen ofthe United States, residing at ful Improvements in Railway-RaillJoints; and I do declare thefollowing to ;.beafull,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyjing drawings, and to the letters of reference particularly to abcd-plate adapted to overl l lap the joint between adjacent rails.

marked thereon, which form "a, part of this specification.

This invention relates to a rail-joint, and

The invention has for an object to provide `a construction of base-plate having a cushion` therein and adapted for attachment tothe vent creeping, spreading, buckling, and tering'of the joint between the rails.'

Other and further objects and advantages batof the invention will be hereinafter set forth,

and the novel features thereof defined by the "appended claim.

In the drawings,U Figure l' is a perspective of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal secf tion of the base-plate. Fig. 3 isa vertical 'cross-section through the rail, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the plate. t l

Like letters of reference refer to like parts Iin the several figures ofthe drawings.

The letter A designates the rail of any ordinary construction, adapted to rest upon the ordinary ties A', as shown in Fig. 1. At the meeting ends of two adjacent rails the' baseplate B is `located and is provided with a re cess Btherein', adapted to receive a cushion B2, formed `of. rubber or other'elastic' mate` t rial and is provided at its opposite ends with and the joint of the rails.

adjacent ties.

flanged portions B3, adapted to rest upon the This base-plate extends the entire width of-,the rail and for any desired distance at opposite `sides ofthe jointso as to secure an elasticcontact between'the plate Upon the upper surface of the rubber B2 a suitable metallic `wear-plate B4 may be disposed, if found desir-` able, and at opposite sides of the plate a ilange l j B5 is formed, against which the lower ends of the angle-plates C are adapted to abut, as

shown in-FigL 3. These plates are disposed at opposite sidesof the rail and secured thereto by means of lthe ordinary,boltQflpassing through the web of the railwhile `the lower rendsoffthe plates areenlarged, as shown at C2; to rest inthe recess formed by the flange .Bandthe upper surface ofthe plate B. For

the purpose of securing and clamping the plate B into contact with the face of a rail eyebolts C3 are provided and pass through vsuitable apertures B6 in the plateB and similar openings in the enlarged portions C2 of' port is avoided andthe hammering or batter- `ing ofthe joint between the rails prevented, Athus improving the road-bediand preventing the jar given'fthe wheel of the car as it passes over the usual joint.

lIt will be obvious that changes may be made in the details of construction and configuraftion without departing from the spiritiof the invention as defined Vby the appended claim. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is

A rail-joint for railways comprising a basemplate having a recess, a cushion-plate seated therein and a wear-plate mounted upon said cushion, angle-plates adapted to contact with the flange' and'web of a rail with the upper end of each angle-plate bearing against the under surface of the-tread of a rail, the under surface of the inclined portions of the anglenplates being lcut awaytoconform-tothesurface of the flange of a rail, and continuous with the side walls of the recess, theendsof the plates resting upon shouldered portions on `thelllanges of the base-plate, andbolts tpassing through the outer ends ofthe angleplates and the flanged orupturned ends of "'the'base-plate, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

n CHARLES G. POLLEYS. Witnesses:

CLIFFORD W. ROBINSON, WILLIAM S. ROGERS.

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